So, for some reason, my 5+ year old flat screen TV will not pick up HD signal over my antenna anymore. Something in the TV will allow me to switch to other options (video games, DVD player, etc) but when I go to watch HDTV over the airwaves it won't turn on the receiver. I thought about getting Direct TV, but decided not too.

I don't think Blu-Ray players have built-in HDTV tuners. At least none do that I've seen. It's probably because every TV comes with one these days. Get a new tv?

Right before the switch to digital-only OTA broadcasts they had an 800 number that old people could call to get a hdtv receiver so they wouldn't be cut off from the world. Maybe you can find that number and call them... tell them the major fell and can't get up but still wants to watch the Titans lost this Sunday!

Right before the switch to digital-only OTA broadcasts they had an 800 number that old people could call to get a hdtv receiver so they wouldn't be cut off from the world. Maybe you can find that number and call them... tell them the major fell and can't get up but still wants to watch the Titans lost this Sunday!

So, I did a google search and looks like they are all sold used or refirbished at top dollar. And you misspelled "WIN".

Gosh, I can't remember right now. It's not LG. But I'll look and post it when I get home tonight. (I think it is something weird, like, Polaroid. I got it at wall mart - go figure. Could be the same TV though and different logos slapped on it.)

I got a Polaroid LCD TV at walmart in 06 and it crapped out in 09. The HD tuner went out. I bought a Vizio and have been quite pleased though I wouldn't buy again at walmart- their competitively priced TV's seem to lack certain essential features.

Go buy another teevee!

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I should buy another TV but I have a frugal wife who won't buy another one until this one is completely crapped out.... that said, the frigging remote went out a year after we bought it. Maybe I can talk he into it... but I have home repairs I have put off for months and it will be difficult to procure new said TV until those are finished.

I should buy another TV but I have a frugal wife who won't buy another one until this one is completely crapped out....

Nothing some "accidentally" spilled beverage wouldn't cure. Or maybe while you're carrying your ladder through the living room to work on those projects, you accidentally smack the tv with said ladder.

It's definitely that time of year where you can find good deals on new tvs. Actually compared to what I paid for a plasma 6 years ago, the cost of TVs is crazy low right now

The cheapest HD tuners that allow you to watch HD as opposed to downgrading to analog TV standards are probably made for computers. I have one that allows me to "Tivo." Occasionally I will connect my computer to the HDTV to watch Tivo'd content on the big screen rather than on my computer monitor.

Like TiVo, but no monthly fees. Record your shows. I have a different brand and older version. It is hard to find subscription-less DVRs now. I get high-def over the air for free. Many cable users don't realize that over the air is high-def, cable is compressed an no longer high-def.